Real Lord Douglas Released After Jail Mixup in Portland
Portland police detained Lord George Sholto Douglas mistaken for the Asheville fugitive in Sebago Lake. He was kept overnight in a hotel room with handcuffs, apologized to by officials, and freed after proof surfaced he is not the wanted man. The case sparked calls to “clean up” the jail.
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Portland
Douglas
Asheville
N. C
George Sholto Douglas
Lord Douglas
Willard F. Frith
Sebago Lake
John B. Keating
George Shelton
Marquis of Queensberry
Bakersfield
Cal
Loretta Addis
Chelsea Graft Is Next Up In Ice Trust Probe
The ice trust investigation of Chelsea aldermen nears grand jury action with seven witnesses left. Springfield icemen testifying include Hallstrom Bright and Bucklin as the jurors work long days. Moran plans to leave the grand jury in session through August.
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Ice Trust
Chelsea
Springfield
Waterloo
Charles W. Hallstram
Massachusetts Ice Dealers’ Association
Elmer H. Bright
Boston Ice Company
Roswell L. Wood
Haverhill
Eugene S. Currier
John B. Munroe
Court Street
William J. Larkin
Moore
Ward 10
New Hampshire
Icemen
Carr
Chelsea graft probe summonses shock Chelsea officials
A mysterious hack in Chelsea drew Boston officials to attend homes of Aldermen and city leaders. Summonses were served on witnesses in the graft cases, with nearly 1200 pages of material in the hands of the district attorney.
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Boston
Chelsea
Grand Jury
Board of Aldermen
St Rose Church Reunion and Picnic Set for Oak Island Grove
Parishioners of St Rose Church Chelsea plan a reunion and picnic at Oak Island Grove Revere tomorrow. The event features sports and games with an entertainment by the K of C Glee Club in the pavilion.
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St. Rose Church
Chelsea
Oak Island Grove
Revere
K. of C. Glee Club
Man and Girl Missing Startling Salisbury Disappearance
Salisbury Aug 2 Two residents vanish on the same day Edward Hartwig 23 and Catherine Meek 20. Hartwig left a grieving wife and co workers say he recently worked as a conductor in Haverhill and Amesbury while Miss Meek remained at Bartlett street with siblings awaiting news as her father in New York is notified. Police asked to locate Hartwig.
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Salisbury
Edward Hartwig
Catherine Meek
Hartwig
Miss Meek
Hartwigs
Lowell
Heinze’s Electric Works
Haverhill
Amesbury
Alexander Campbell
Bartlett Street
Elm
Meek
New York
Garbage plant on Atlantic avenue challenged by city
A hearing on the Atlantic avenue garbage plant nuisance led the Boston Merchants' Association and Calvin Austin to urge removal. The Board of Health president Dr S H Durgin said conditions are undesirable and planned to file a court complaint to force action.
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Atlantic Avenue
Board of Health
Boston Merchants’ Association
Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Company
S. H. Durgin
Arthur H. Russell
Austin
Five Vessels In Accidents In Thick Harbor Fog
Vessel mishaps near Boston due to dense fog leave five ships involved. The Spray and Tancred collide while the Executive nearly collides with them as Captain Carroll reports a brief, costly encounter. The Arabic and Ivernia also endure fog bound delays and seasickness.
Fiancee Seeks Remains of Dooher Killed at Navy Yard
Autopsy found a large skull swelling after Dooher died at the Charlestown navy yard during a confrontation with Acting Corporal Jenkins. The fiancée, unnamed, claimed the body and may obtain custody if Dooher’s parents do not. A marine corps inquiry, led by Colonel Woods, investigated the death as Dooher allegedly fighting drunk before an arrest.
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Dooher
Navy Yard
Tyre
Michael Dooher
Angola
N. Y
Michael E. Dooher
Marine Corps
Charlestown Navy Yard
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Thomas N. Woods
Montgomery M. Taylor
Wabash
William Seaman
Yard Medical Department
A. S. Snow
Cooher
Corporal Jenkins
Ain
Jenkins
Marine Dies After Dispute at Navy Yard
A marine died following a dispute at a navy yard and his sweetheart visited the marine hospital to view his body yesterday, authorities said. The incident is under investigation and local officials issued no further details.
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Marine
Navy Yard
Marine Hospital
Boy Rescued by Young Lad at Dorchester Pier
Charley Lyons aged 13 recounted to the Postman how he jumped overboard to save 9 year old Sammy Locke from drowning near the Commercial Point bathhouse at Freeport street Dorchester. Life Guard De Costa and a physician treated Locke for an hour before he regained consciousness.
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Sam
Sammy
Charley Lyons
Granger Street
Sammy Locke
Dorchester Avenue
Commercial Point
Freeport Street
Dorchester
de Costa
Young Locke
Lodge Visits O’Meara Without Political Talk
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge visited Police Commissioner O’Meara at headquarters yesterday afternoon to pay respects. He said there was no political significance to the visit and called it a personal call, expressing happiness at his friend’s good record.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Police
O'Meara
Europe
O’meara
Stolen Goods Recovered Worth Over Two Thousand Dollars
Police recover about 2500 dollars in alleged stolen items from two prisoners. Items include silverware from Charles Schelenberg and valuables from Emma C. Gove, plus numerous unidentified pieces awaiting owner identification. Suspects Murphy and Foley admit prison terms.
Mutiny Hits Russian Cruiser Fleet At Sveaborg
Reports describe mutiny aboard the Pamyat Azova near Sveaborg with only two ships firing on mutineers while others kept vigil. Martial law spreads through Cronstadt as 2000 mutinous sailors barricade their bunks and fear grips Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo amid checkpoints and executions.
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Admiralty
Sveaborg
Pamyat Azova
Kniaz Potemkine
Black Sea
Cronstadt
Peterhof
Tsarskoe Selo
Associated Press
Fort Constantine
Military disorders break out at Reval
Reval in Estonia reports military disorders with details unavailable. Reval, a Baltic port on the Gulf of Finland, is a major corn flax and hemp export center and a second class naval station near St Petersburg.
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Reval
ST. Petersburg
Esthenia
Gulf of Finland
Baltic
Attempt to blow up police headquarters thwarted in Moscow
An unsuccessful attempt to blow up the Moscow police headquarters was stopped when an infernal machine hidden in a laundry basket was discovered after its mechanism clicked. No injuries reported.
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Moscow
NEW BEDFORD STRIKE REMAINS AT STALEMATE
Aug 2 New Bedford reports no progress in the trolley strike as Henry Crapo of the company and W D Mahon of the Amalgamated Association held talks. Mahon says union proposals were offered but no agreement reached. Crapo maintains no inducement was offered. A mass meeting at City Hall voiced support for the strikers.
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New Bedford
Henry H. Crapo
W. D. Mahon
Cleveland
Amalgamated Association of Carmen
Mahon
Crapo
Park Department Picnic Draws 1500 at Oak Island Grove
More than 1500 attended the 17th annual Park Department Assembly 7576 picnic at Oak Island Grove. Guests included Park Commissioners Stratton Coak ley Prendergast and officials J A Petti grew Shea Kelleher Canning Kenney and others. The Falmouths of the West End won the ball game with prizes in dancing and multiple races led by J Murphy and Eugene McCarthy. Union 159 admitted L Rosenberg as a delegate and Samuel Landers of Garment Workers Bulletin is expected in Boston to organize the local union. Stonemasons Union 9 will hold a smoke talk on Labor Day at 45 Eliot Street. New Bedford street railway strike was indorsed with financial aid approved.
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Park Department Assembly
Oak Island Grove
Stratton, Coakley
Prendergast
J. A. Pettigrew
J. B. Shea
F. H. Kelleher
Thomas H. Canning
Washington
Michael J. Kenney
Falmouths
West End
Timothy Sullivan
J. Murphy
T. Flaherty
Eugene McCarthy
J. Turley
Gertie Kiernan
Annie McDonough
Katie Walsh
P. Crosby
M. Hartigan
Daniel Kiernan
Robert Doherty
United Garment Workers’ District Council 9
L. Rosenberg
Hyde Park
Samuel L. Landers
Garment Workers’ Bulletin
Boston
Stonemasons’ Union 9
Eliot Street
New Bedford Street Railway
Markgraffsky Assassinated at Warsaw Villa
War saw Aug 2 Major General Markgraffsky head of the Gendarmerie and governor general aide was killed by an ambush as he arrived at his summer villa with his wife and children. The volley killed his son and wounded horses, which ran away, throwing the bodies of the two dead men and the two Markgraffskys from the carriage. The general had long served Poland in high office.
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Warsaw
Markgraffsky
Mme
Mile
General Markgraffsky
Poland
Pamyat Azova Rescued by Loyal Crew in Mutiny
The cruiser Pamyat Azova arrived at Reval roadstead with the loyal sector in control. One hundred fifty mutineers were sent ashore and imprisoned. Loyal sailors overpowered the mutineers at sea and requested troops to help surrender the rest. Three mutineer officers are aboard ironed. the rest of the crew is disarmed.
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Reval
Pamyat Azova
Gunning for Prices on Serges Slashes Then Closes In On Deck
A local ad notes markdowns on serge grades from $25 to $9.60 with new prices listed and urging quick purchases. It reports many suits sold since first announcement and emphasizes remaining Outing Suits marked down and hurry to buy.
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the Real
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Frank Carroll
T Wharf
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Boston Light
Tancred
Long Island Head
Executive
Fort Warren
Pier 7
Charlestown
Quarantine Island
Hambleton
General C. W. Bartlett
Samuel J. Elder
Nantasket Steamboat Company
Cunard
Ivernia
Atlantic
Queenstown
Turner
Lodge
Murphy
House of Correction
Foley
Charles Schelenberg
Harold Street
Emma C. Gove
H. K
Hillsboro
Boston Harbor
Washington, D. C
Old Point Comfort
St. Peter
Montana
Thousand Isles
Poland Springs
San Francisco
Cambridge
Roberts
Imperial Palace
LABOR
Brine’s
Tremont Street
Pamyat
Washington Street
Adams Square
Washington ST
Mbia Theatre
Credit Ae
Prudential Supply CO
A. R. Grover
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